VOL. XLVII

No 05

2-February-2004

CASPIAN

Turkmenistan Appoints New Oil Minister

Turkmenistans President, Saparmurat Niyazov, has appointed Amangeldy Pudakov Minister for the Oil and Gas Industry and Mineral Resources. Mr Pudakov, who was the First Deputy CEO of state-owned Turkmenneft, assumed the post on 23 January, replacing Tachberdy Tagiyev, who resigned in October 2003 to become governor of the Balkan region. Mr Pudakov was born in 1966, graduated from Turkmenistan Polytechnic Institute, and...